Report: Donald Trump To Speak At Phyllis Schlafly’s Funeral

Phyllis Schlafly is interviewed by a television reporter while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Donald Trump is expected to speak at conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly’s funeral Saturday, an anonymous source told CNN.

Trump said he’d attend the funeral for Schlafly, who died Monday at 92, during his Friday speech at the Values Voter Summit.

“Phyllis endorsed me at a time when it was not necessarily the thing to do, even the popular thing to do, and I will never forget that that had a great, great impact,” Trump said. “I look forward to being with her family tomorrow.”

CNN’s source did not say what Trump’s remarks would entail. Schlafly’s funeral, which is open to the public, will take place in St. Louis.

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  1. Oh, this will be frickin’ epic…

    Donnie will probably stick a pen in her hand and try to get her to sign an absentee ballot.

  2. “She was an okay broad. Really, really. I mean, really.”

    I suspect Pericles could have learned a thing or two from him.

  3. If he didn’t like Larry King’s breath he’s surely not going to enjoy the stench of sulphur that will surround her fetid corpse.

    © 2016 Milt Priggee

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    I can still remember President Obama’s eloquence at the funeral in South Carolina, Beau Biden’s funeral, and in Newtown. His words were comforting, heartfelt, and emphatic.

    Trump, on the other hand, will make the funeral all about him. He’s a disgrace who isn’t fit to shine the President’s shoes.

  5. In St. Louis the name Schlafly means beer.

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